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B movie

B movie is the alternative spelling of B-movie.

Meaning of B-movie

Noun

B-movie (plural B-movies)

  1. A low-budget motion picture, especially one with poor production values.
    • But as it is, the script is so riddled with juvenalia, borrowed character types and misguided flights of poetic fancy that it feels like the work of a teenager who has seen too many B movies.2002 February 12, Bruce Weber, “Theater Review: Straight Play or Musical, It Turns Into a Mystery”, in The New York Times (E section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    B-picture

Forms of B movie

pluralB movies

Questions about B movie

What is B movie the alternative spelling of?
B movie is the alternative spelling of B-movie.

Words near B movie in the dictionary

  1. B lymphocyte
  2. B lymphocytes
  3. B major
  4. B meson
  5. B minor
  6. B movie
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  8. B plot
  9. B plots
  10. B road
  11. B roads

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